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Charge music players, phones and other portable devices with your legs

Electronics

Charge your phone using pedal power with the K-TOR Power Box

The K-TOR Power Box is a 120V, 20W pedal generator that can be used to charge devices rated 20W and below, including low-power netbooks, tablets, smartphones, video devices and portable game systems.

The self-guided bullet developed by Sandia National Laboratories has been fitted with an LED, to check if the embedded battery and control electronics can survive the flight

Military

Self-guided bullet could hit laser-marked targets from a mile away

A self-guided small caliber bullet stuffed with electronics can hit laser-marked targets from a mile away.

The Telikin is a new touchscreen family computer aimed at older users, designed to make every-day tasks such as photo-sharing and email as easy as possible

Computing

Telikin touch-PC targets the gray dollar

The Telikin is a new touchscreen family computer aimed at older users, designed to make everyday tasks such as photo-sharing and email as easy as possible.

The SolarWorld GT solar-powered car is currently on a drive around the world, and embarks on the U.S. leg of its trip later this week

Automotive

Solar car hits U.S. in round-the-world jaunt

The SolarWorld GT solar-powered car is currently on a drive around the world, and embarks on the U.S. leg of its trip later this week.

The featherweight foam-reinforced Tegris composite monocoque gives the emcycle the kerb weight of a pedelec (36 kg) and the facilities of a car

Urban Transport

The Emcycle: a 3-wheel, tilting, fully-enclosed 500 W pedelec weighing just 80 lb (36 kg)

The Emcycle is a tilting, three-wheeled pedelec (electric pedal assist), with a foam-reinforced, Tegris composite monocoque body, full suspension and a kerb weight of just 36 kg, the Emcycle offers many of the amenities of a car.

Unlike typical 3D printers, iModela carves rather than builds its models

Electronics

While 3D printers build, iModela carves

Unlike typical 3D printers which build up models layer by layer, iModela carves its models out of a stock material.

Kai Richter (left) and Holger Mai of DLR inspect the installation of humpback whale-inspired "LEVoGs" on the test helicopter

Aircraft

Humpback whales inspire better helicopter rotor blades

The small bumps on the leading edge of humpback whales' fins have inspired a design for better-performing helicopter rotor blades.

The Maserati is attempting to set a new record for a trans-Atlantic crossing by a mono-hull yacht

Marine

Maserati sets out on new trans-Atlantic sailing record attempt

A yacht bearing the name of Italian supercar maker Maserati has set out on a attempt to set a new world record for a mono-hull yacht on a trans-Atlantic crossing.

RESPeRATE is a device that is designed to lower blood pressure by getting its users to breathe slower

Wellness and Healthy Living

RESPeRATE aims to let users breathe their way to lower blood pressure

RESPeRATE is a device that is designed to lower blood pressure by getting its users to breathe slower.

Admirers of lifelike androids could do worse than take a trip to Tokyo's Shinjuku ward, where Professor Ishiguro's Geminoid-F is on display until Valentine's Day

AI and Humanoids

Meet Geminoid-F, Professor Ishiguro's latest uncanny android

Admirers of lifelike androids could do worse than take a trip to Tokyo's Shinjuku ward, where Professor Ishiguro's Geminoid-F is on display until Valentine's Day.

Automotive

A compact five-seat people carrier based on the Fiat 500

Fiat's new category-busting 500L is a compact five-seat people carrier based on the Fiat 500, combining the passenger space of an MPV with the feel of a small SUV in the same size and with the same efficiency of a Fiat 500

The 632-m (2,073 ft) Shanghai Tower is the world's second-tallest building

Good Thinking

Mitsubishi develops ultra-high-speed elevator technology

Mitsubishi has developed new technologies that enable the construction of ultra-high-speed elevators able to travel at speeds of over 60 km/h (37 mph or 1,000 meters a second).

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